Verizon Communications Inc. missed its midnight deadline to secure a deal with more than 37,000 union employees, but the unions said employees will keep working without a contract while talks continue.

Charles Koch, the billionaire industrialist who co-founded a sprawling web of conservative interest groups, opened his biannual conference by calling for an end to corporate welfare and singling out “big banks” as a primary offender.

The Saturday Essay

Twenty-five years after Iraq invaded Kuwait, the Gulf War still stands out as a triumph of U.S. foreign policy. Its lessons remain urgent, even in the chaos of today’s much-altered Middle East region, writes Richard N. Haass.114

As Blue Bell Creameries prepares to resume production of its ice cream after a sweeping recall, its mistakes are fueling broader rethinking of how to keep ice cream and other foods free of deadly bacteria.

Eating & Drinking

Can’t get to Paris, San Sebastián or Tokyo for dinner? With more and more chefs making cameo appearances in each other’s kitchens, you could just wait for one of the world’s top toques to pop up in a restaurant near you.

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Lara Shipley's ‘In the Ozarks There Are Lights (Devil’s Promenade)’ (2013) | Ms. Shipley says that this series is about the relationship between rural culture and the landscape. Lara Shipley

Peruvian security forces rescued 54 adults and children, mostly members of the Ashaninka indigenous group, being held captive by Shining Path rebels in a remote jungle region, an official said Saturday.

Verizon Communications Inc. missed its midnight deadline to secure a deal with more than 37,000 union employees, but the unions said employees will keep working without a contract while talks continue.

Charles Koch, the billionaire industrialist who co-founded a sprawling web of conservative interest groups, opened his biannual conference by calling for an end to corporate welfare and singling out “big banks” as a primary offender.

The Saturday Essay

Twenty-five years after Iraq invaded Kuwait, the Gulf War still stands out as a triumph of U.S. foreign policy. Its lessons remain urgent, even in the chaos of today’s much-altered Middle East region, writes Richard N. Haass.114

As Blue Bell Creameries prepares to resume production of its ice cream after a sweeping recall, its mistakes are fueling broader rethinking of how to keep ice cream and other foods free of deadly bacteria.